Posts tagged Pike
They’re sitting and they’re brown? That gives Pike an idea! Offer them a “vegetable” to go dress up their turkey.
“Oh word? A whole turkey? NICE. That actually looks pretty grubbin’, lady. Just wait ‘til you see what we have to bring to the potluck. Oh you just wait! Its a little maize salad with peppers, carrots and those little twirly pasta thingers you get at the salad bar sometimes. Its gonna blow your mind! Anyway, thanks for putting on this party. Its really cool! I think we’re gonna get along jut fine! We’re totally cool with letting you settle on some of our land and take part in our disease-free and war-free lifestyle. I really have a good feeling aboutthisAUUAUUAHAGAGGAGGGAGGHHHGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH”
The roots of the UC-Davis pepper-spraying - Salon.com
The genius of this approach is how insidious its effects are: because the rights continue to be offered on paper, the citizenry continues to believe it is free. They believe that they are free to do everything they choose to do, because they have been “persuaded” — through fear and intimidation — to passively accept the status quo. As Rosa Luxemburg so perfectly put it: “Those who do not move, do not notice their chains.”…
…For the first time in a long time, the use of force and other forms of state intimidation are not achieving their intended outcome of deterring meaningful (i.e., unsanctioned and unwanted) citizen activism, but are, instead, spurring it even more.
(Source: anodynesandantigens)
http://www.salon.com/2011/11/20/the_roots_of_the_uc_davis_pepper_spraying/singleton/